Plush's MS. about twenty-four pages of railroad
calculations, which we pretermit.)
"Those beests, Pump & Aldgate, once so cringing and umble, wrote me
a threatnen letter because I overdrew my account three-and-sixpence:
woodn't advance me five thousand on 25,000 worth of scrip; kep me
waiting 2 hours when I asked to see the house; and then sent out
Spout, the jewnior partner, saying they wouldn't discount my paper,
and implawed me to clothes my account. I did: I paid the three-and-six
balliance, and never sor 'em mor.
"The market fell daily. The Rewin grew wusser and wusser. Hagnies,
Hagnies! it wasn't in the city aloan my misfortns came upon me. They
beerded me in my own ome. The biddle who kips watch at the Halbany wodn
keep misfortn out of my chambers; and Mrs. Twiddler, of Pall Mall, and
Mr. Hunx, of Long Acre, put egsicution into my apartmince, and swep off
every stick of my furniture. 'Wardrobe & furniture of a man of fashion.'
What an adwertisement George Robins DID make of it; and what a crowd was
collected to laff at the prospick of my ruing! My chice plait; my seller
of wine; my picturs--that of myself included (it was Maryhann, bless
her! that bought it, unbeknown to me); all--all went to the ammer. That
brootle Fitzwarren, my ex-vally, womb I met, fimilliarly slapt me on the
sholder, and said, 'Jeames, my boy, you'd best go into suvvis aginn.
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